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Right Ventricular Contractile Reserve and Pulmonary Circulation Uncoupling During Exercise Challenge in Heart Failure: Pathophysiology and Clinical Phenotypes.
JACC. Heart failure - 1 Aug 2016
Guazzi Marco, Villani Simona, Generati Greta, Ferraro Ottavia Eleonora, Pellegrino Marta, Alfonzetti Eleonora, Labate Valentina, Gaeta Maddalena, Sugimoto Tadafumi, Bandera Francesco
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OBJECTIVES: Right ventricular (RV) exercise contractile reserve (RVECR), its phenotypes, and its functional correlates are among the unresolved issues with regard to the role of the right ventricle in heart failure (HF) syndrome, and understanding these issues constitutes the objective of this study. BACKGROUND: Although the role of the right ventricle in HF syndrome might be fundamental, the pathophysiology of...
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